Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar (born 1983) is an Indian writer. Ethnically, Shekhar is a Santhal, one of India's Adivasi groups; this background is reflected in his fiction.His stories are rich in "fine details that add to the deep dimensions" and "open to us a world we have deliberately dismissed"and contain "a surplus of understanding that comes from a kind insider-outsider."Indeed, he characterised his first novel as "the first full-fledged Santhal novel written in English, and published by a mainstream publisher."Born in Ranchi,Shekhar grew up in Ghatshila and Chakulia and went to school in Musabani.His parents used to work with Hindustan Copper in Ghatshila.By profession, he is a medical doctor and is employed as a medical officer with the government of Jharkhand,based in 2017 in Pakur. Books by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar The Scenes We Made : An Oral History Of Experimental Theatre In Mumbai The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey: A N...